After a quarter of an hour's work, the blacksmith had made the iron leaves. Li Bochen asked him how much money he should give, but he said, "Look at it."

This man has a strange temper. Because he really said something useful, Li Bochen gave him ten dollars - he only used ten dollars to beat this iron leaf.

But Yu Meng didn't say anything, pulled the money into the money basket, grabbed the handkerchief hanging on the wall, wiped his face, and lay back again, not seeming to care about this.

The two went out to lead the horses and walked slowly along the road. Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "This person is nothing, but it's not simple. ”

Lin Qiao said: "Because the one in the north is Jinghu Mountain." ”

Li Bochen looked over there and saw that one of the peaks in the mountains was particularly majestic, and a faint white light flashed at the foot of the mountain. Those white lights should be reflected by the sun on the water waves, maybe it is Mirror Lake. Next to Jinghu Lake, it is naturally Jinghu Mountain.

He thought about it and understood what Lin Qiao was going to say, so he smiled and said, "That's right." At this time, it is naturally not too simple to stay in this kind of place and live like this. ”

After saying this, he looked at Lin Qiao again and smiled in his heart. Originally, he liked Lin Qiao's beauty and gentleness, but there was a hidden strength in his temperament. But after getting along these days, I found that she is really very considerate. There are many things that she didn't expect for a while, and she will mention them. But when he spoke, he only said half of what he said, so that he could think backwards, but he didn't make himself feel shameless.

In fact, he didn't care about any face-saving things, especially with her. But when she reached this point, Li Bochen was moved in his heart and felt sorry for her for three more points.

The two walked down the street for a while, and soon came to the end. The shops on both sides are gone, but in front of them are fields and houses, and there are not many people coming and going. Perhaps because there have been more tourists coming and going in recent months, the people on the road often only look the two of them up and down, and they don't look as surprised as he thought before.

This place is really a vibrant scene, even in the Sui Kingdom. Li Bochen muttered in his heart, thinking to himself that he had misunderstood that Zhu Yi?

The two of them walked along the road for a while, and saw in the distance what the blacksmith called "the western hillside." There is really an old poplar tree on the slope, I don't know how many years it has been, five or six people hug each other, and the crown is like a big umbrella. There are four courtyards on the slope, scattered high and low. One of them is rising smoke, there should be someone, "Meng Niangzi" house, this is there.

They went uphill along the road, and came to the gate of the courtyard under the tree, and saw that the gate of the courtyard was ajar in black, and there was the sound of children chasing and playing in it.

Li Bochen stepped forward and patted the door knocker of the beast face, and said loudly: "Is it Meng Niangzi's house?"

The voices of the children in the courtyard suddenly disappeared. A short time later, a boy's head darted out from behind the door, glanced at him, and then retracted it. Then I listened to the kid running inside, shouting "piggy" and something like that.

But a girl's head also poked out from behind the door and glanced at Li Bochen. The girl wore a bun and was a little older than the previous boy, so she was supposed to be a brother and sister. But the elder sister didn't look at it like her younger brother and ran away, but leaned out half of her body again and said, "What's the matter with the guest looking for A-Niang?"

Looking at her hanging bun, she should only be six or seven years old. But when he speaks, he speaks clearly, and he is not very afraid of people, which is really cute and bold.

Li Bochen smiled and said, "Are you Miss Meng's family?"

The girl was probably called Miss by an adult for the first time, and she suddenly became reserved, but she couldn't hide the joy on her face, and Li Bochen and Lin Qiao couldn't help but laugh. She moved her body out from behind the door again, and said like a little adult, "A-Niang is here." Guest...... Please come in for tea-"

Speaking of this, I heard a woman in the courtyard say, "Xiaoman, who are you talking to?"

As soon as the girl heard this, she immediately shrank back.

Li Bochen retreated down the steps, and immediately saw the courtyard door being pushed open, and a woman in a blue coat and plain skirt walked out. The woman was plainly dressed, and her face was white, and she was quite beautiful. looked like he was thirty years old, and his demeanor was very dignified. When he saw Li Bochen, he said, "Are you?"

Li Bochen arched his hand: "Under Chen Boli, this is my insider." Are you Meng Niangzi?"

The woman looked at the two men and the two horses again, laughed, and said, "I am." ”

Li Bochen said: "Just now in the market town, I heard the blacksmith Yu say that if you want to find a house, you can find Meng Niangzi, so I came to the door to disturb me. ”

"Oh......" Meng Niangzi looked at him again, thought about it, and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, sit here and say." ”

As she spoke, she walked down the steps and led the two of them down the tree. The old poplar tree was swept very clean, a piece of bluestone was placed, and a few smaller stone benches were built, it should have been a long time, and the bottom was covered with moss, which was quite ancient.

Although this place is not bad, it is somewhat rude to lead guests here without calling them in. However, Li Bochen felt that this woman was also very thoughtful. She must have thought that she was coming from an unknown place, so naturally she couldn't bring it through the door.

This place is occupied by Zhu Hou, and blacksmith Yu Meng said that most of the empty houses are occupied by the green forest heroes, but her family still has a house to rent, and she is not a simple person.

He led the two horses to the stake next to the door, and walked with Lin Qiao to the stone table and sat down.

Meng Niangzi also sat down and said with a smile: "Don't blame me for not having a sip of water here, I'm really too busy." The one in my family who works with the general, and I am alone in the house, and I have two little monkeys, so I can't do it. ”

Li Bochen said: "Eldest sister don't bother, we have already eaten and drunk in the market town, and we are not thirsty." Tell me about the eldest sister, if the two of us want to settle here, is there any good place to live?"

Meng Niangzi thought for a while and said, "Do you want to stay for a long time, or do you want to settle down temporarily?"

Li Bochen said: "I want to live for a long time." I...... To tell you the truth, the two of us escaped. I offended people in my hometown, I couldn't stay, and I planned to live in a different place. It's not to defect to the general, but to say that I heard that there are few bandits in this area, and life is peaceful, so I plan to settle down. ”

When Meng Niangzi heard this, she seemed to be worried, and said, "Fleeing? Oh, you two, like a pair of beautiful people, did you offend someone to fall into this field?"

looked at Lin Qiao again: "I think my sister should also be from a big mansion, I really suffered a crime along the way, and I feel distressed." ”

Li Bochen smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's offended the government of my hometown." My hometown is occupied by the lieutenants. ”

Meng Niangzi said: "Oh-oops, that's good." It's not a big deal to offend the government, but it's troublesome to offend the rivers and lakes. I can't say that you have settled here with your front feet, and they have come after you with your back feet. ”

I thought about it again: "Then tell the eldest sister, what kind of house do you want?"

She finally finished her questioning. Li Bochen also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's not too big, as long as you can live in someone." It is better to have a well in the yard for easy access to water. We brought horses and it was best to have stables. Other...... It is best to have a stove room next to the main house, and it is best to be in the ear room. ”

When he said this, Meng Niangzi laughed and said, "In the end, he is the son of a big family, and he is used to enjoying it." It's the same, it's all about it. It's a bit hard to find a house like this......"

When Li Bochen heard her say this, his heart was relieved, and he planned to say goodbye. He really wanted to ask this Meng Niangzi to find a house, but when he met her, he knew that this woman was very shrewd, and she was not an ordinary village woman at all. If she had rented a place to live, perhaps she would have inquired about her movements from time to time to see if she was a villain, and that would have been a troublesome matter.

But there is a way to make her feel at ease, and that is to buy the house. But now he only has 3,000 dollars, and it is not enough to buy a good one. If you buy a bad one, you don't feel comfortable living here, and you may not be able to settle down here, which is really distressing. The golden platform in that realm looks like it's real, but can he still pry the corners out and use it?

But I heard Meng Niangzi say: "...... But as it happens, I really have it here. ”

She stood up and pointed back: "Look at that house, it used to belong to my cousin's uncle, and now everyone is gone, and I have stayed there for more than ten years." When my family has nothing to do, I often go to clean up, and it is not abandoned. ”

Li Bochen looked at the place she was pointing and saw that the courtyard was still on the slope. It looks like a house with blue tiles and white walls. There are some plum trees growing next to the house, the flowers have all fallen, and the green leaves are new. Outside the wall, there is a small vegetable field, enclosed by a sparse wooden hedge, and next to the vegetable field, there is a large pear tree, the flowers are just right, the tree is full of snow, and there are large small petals under the tree, as if covered with snow.

Li Bochen liked it almost at first sight, and he originally wanted to leave, but he couldn't move. When Meng Niangzi saw him like this, she smiled and said, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

Li Bochen said: "Okay." ”

The three of them got up and walked up the road.

Lin Qiao hadn't spoken all the time, but when he was walking on the road, he said, "Eldest sister, is there a school nearby?"

Meng Niangzi said, "What, do you also have children?"

Lin Qiao said: "Maybe there will be one this year." ”

Li Bochen was stunned, but then realized what she wanted to ask, so he didn't speak.

Meng Niangzi smiled: "Then this is a question." We have an old gentleman here, whose surname is Chang, and his single name is a single word, have you heard of it?"

Lin Qiao said: "Huh, why does it sound familiar?"

Li Bochen said: "Isn't it...... The former Chang Shaoqing of Taichang Temple?"

Meng Niangzi said: "Exactly." Mr. Chang's ancestral home is here, otherwise how can it be said that it is a coincidence? You see, this one in front is your house. Further up, the one who entered the three was the Chang family's - it was also our family, they moved here and bought it. ”

"The Chang family lives in it, and they really set up a school hall in the inverted room to teach literacy. In the future, if you have children, you will send them there. ”

What Meng Niangzi said was a big mansion on the top of this hillside, which was separated by more than 100 steps from the one Li Bochen wanted to see. He was happy in his heart, secretly saying that luck was really good, and Xiaoman was really smart. If you really live here, it will be much more convenient.

Lin Qiao grabbed his arm and said happily: "This is really good." Boli, let's just stay here, I like it here, I don't want to go anymore. ”

Li Bochen smiled: "Okay, if you like it, we'll stay." ”

Meng Niangzi looked at the two of them like this, and sighed twice: "A pair made in heaven is really enviable." When I was my sister's age, the man didn't hurt me so much. Girl, you're with the right person. ”

Lin Qiao smiled: "Look at what you said, eldest sister." ”

After saying this, he let go of Li Bochen's hand and walked to Meng Niangzi's side to talk to her. She is worthy of years of experience, only three or four words of conversation, and the two women look like good sisters for many years. Li Bochen listened to their words as he walked, and he knew that Meng Niangzi's husband was also surnamed Meng, named Peiyong, and the two were close to each other.

The Meng family was originally a big family in Mengjiatun, and someone was an official before. But after the national changes more than ten years ago, the ancestors defended the land and died in the country, and the people withered, and they suddenly declined. But the blessings and misfortunes depended, and they were the only ones left, and the ancestral property was passed into their hands.

Meng Peiyong learned some techniques of organs when he was young, and after Zhu Hou occupied this place, he looked at the techniques elsewhere, so he also got a group of people to engage in "magic", so Meng Peiyong went to Jinghu Mountain and became the owner of the art museum.

Li Bochen said in his heart, the people here rely on Zhu Hou to live, I really don't know what kind of character he is, only a few months of hard work, there is such a atmosphere. Will...... Is it the one who traveled with Yelu, secretly manipulating?

When they entered the house and entered the courtyard, Li Bochen saw that the ground in the courtyard was paved with green bricks. There is a main room and two transept rooms on the front, with an east wing on the east side and a stable on the west side. There is a well in the courtyard, and there are two upside-down rooms, which can be used as a utility room and a servant's residence.

It's not a big house, but it's not small either. A family of five and two servants are not crowded. The courtyard is also very spacious, and if he usually practices knives and boxing, he can show it. He looked at the wood carvings on the eaves, the neat black tiles, and the bluestone well in front of the east ear house, and really liked it, so he said, "Sister, if I buy this courtyard, how much will it cost?"

Meng Niangzi smiled: "It's decided? It's okay, men like to be cheerful in doing things, and the eldest sister is also cheerful - four thousand yuan is fine." This well has not been used for many years, and there is dust and fallen leaves in it, so I will ask someone to dig up the well and tidy the roof, so that you can live in it without worry. ”

Li Bochen was stunned, but he didn't expect that it would only cost 4,000 yuan - he originally thought that he would get 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. It was only because I liked it and wanted to make Meng Niangzi feel that she really wanted to settle down, so she asked. This price really tickled his heart, so he thought that he had more than three dollars and seven hundred dollars, and if he saved one on the road...... According to Qin Le's words, if he received the reward, wouldn't he really be able to take it!

He sighed in his heart, and was thinking about how to say that he only rented and didn't buy, but Lin Qiao said: "How can you talk about things like this? You go, go around the house, I'll talk to the eldest sister." ”

Li Bochen breathed a sigh of relief and said busily: "Okay, I'm not here to be an eyesore, you talk slowly." ”

Meng Niangzi laughed, and he hurried into the house.

In the room, I counted the tables, chairs and benches one by one, and suddenly heard Meng Niangzi say in the courtyard: "Ah, how can this be done? No, no, this can't work!"

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